KUALA BELAIT, BORNEO, 3 JULY, 1945. WARRANT OFFICER 2 B T LAVELLE, HEADQUARTERS 20 INFANTRY ...

Place Asia: Borneo, Brunei Bay Area, Kuala Belait
Accession Number 111105
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KUALA BELAIT, BORNEO, 3 JULY, 1945. WARRANT OFFICER 2 B T LAVELLE, HEADQUARTERS 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE (1); ACTING AS INTERPRETER FOR CAPTAIN J MURRAY, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (3), QUESTIONING A DUTCH SERVICEMAN, FUSILIER JOHAN PALIT, OF THE NEI TANK CORPS, WHO ESCAPED FROM A JAPANESE FORCED LABOUR CAMP ON 23 MAY 1945 INTO THE JUNGLE. HE WAS CARED FOR BY THE DYAK NATIVES WHO BROUGHT HIM TO BRIGADIER W J V WINDEYER, COMMANDER 20 INFANTRY BRIGADE.